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Sargent Family History | Find Genealogy Records & Family Crest

Sargent Genealogy & History

The surname Sargent has two possible origins. The first is the Old French "sergent", meaning a servant, from the root "serviens", to serve. It later came to mean a person who served in the military and ranked just below of a knight. The second origin shown in Sargent genealogy is an Anglo-Saxon occupational name that refers to someone whose duties included summoning people to court. Some famous people in Sargent family history are portrait painter John Singer Sargent; botanist Charles Sprague Sargent; and actor Dick Sargent, best known for his role in the 1960s television series Bewitched.